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1
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What are the three levels of warfare?

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strategic, operational, and tactical

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Define the Strategic Level of Warfare.

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An idea or set of ideas of the ways to employ the instruments of national power in a synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve national, multinational, and theater objectives.

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Explain operational art in terms of the three levels of war.

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Operational art links tactical action to strategic purpose.

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Explain the image.

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Operational art is the cognitive approach by commanders and staffs to plan and execute strategies, campaigns, and operations to organize and employ military capabilities by integrating ends, ways, and available means.
Used by JFCs and component commanders to determine how, when, where, and for what purpose military forces will be employed, to influence the adversary’s disposition before combat, to deter adversaries from supporting enemy activities, and to assure our multinational partners achieve operational and strategic objectives

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Define the Tactical Level of Warfare.

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The employment, ordered arrangement, and directed actions of forces in relation to each other. Planning and executing battles, engagements, and activities at the tactical level to achieve military objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces (TFs).

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Define the Tactical Level of Warfare.

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The employment, ordered arrangement, and directed actions of forces in relation to each other. Planning and executing battles, engagements, and activities at the tactical level to achieve military objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces (TFs).

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Define the Operational Level of Warfare.

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The focus at this level is on the planning and execution of operations using operational art

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Explain Image

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Understanding the Environment

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9
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Review Purple Pipeline

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10
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What are the 2 types of Combatant Commands?

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Functional and Geographic

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CCMDs with designated AORs

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Geographic

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CCMDs with functional responsibility & no designated AOR.

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Functional

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What are the FCCs?
Functional Combatant Commands

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SOCOM (US Special Operations Command)
TRANSCOM (US Transportation Command)
STRATCOM (US Strategic Command)
SPACECOM (US Space Command) CYBERCOM (US Cyber Command)

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Levels of War and Hierarchy of Strategy

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What are the three National Councils?

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  1. National Security Council
  2. Homeland Security Council
  3. National Economic Council
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Councils Image

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What does the Homeland Security Council advise the president on?

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Advises on homeland security matters.

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What does the National Security Council advise the president on?

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Advise on integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the national security.

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What does the National Economic Council advise the president on?

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Coordinate the economic policy-making process for domestic and international economic issues.

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Who signs the National Defense Strategy?

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SECDEF Signs

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Who signs the National Military Strategy?

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CJCS Signs

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Who signs the Joint Strategic Campaign Plan JSCP?

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CJCS Signs

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C200 Flowchart Image Review

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24
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What document is Chairman concerned with to execute his statutory responsibilities. Provide detailed direction to CCDR.

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JSCP

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25
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Explain the flow of Strategies from the Top.

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NSS=POTUS

NDS=SECDEF

NMS=CJCS

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26
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What are the instruments of National Power?

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Diplomatic

Information

Military

Economic

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What is the difference between the I and D in DIME?

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Diplomacy related to a nation state. Informational is propaganda/influencing.

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28
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What does PMESII look at?

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Operational Environment

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Explain the flow of operational chain of command.

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POTUS-SECDEF-CCDR

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30
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What does Feasibility Analysis look at?

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Can I do it?

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31
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What does Acceptability Analysis look at?

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Should I do it? (not how)

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32
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What does Suitability Analysis look at?

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Will it work?

33
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Which of the following questions best describes the concept of feasibility?

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Are sufficient means available to attain the strategic ends? Can the strategic concept (how) be executed with the resources available?

34
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Which of the following questions best defines the concept of acceptability?

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Will the expected benefits of achieving the strategic end outweigh the anticipated costs?

35
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Strategies entail the fundamental logic of ends, ways, and means to produce a specific outcome. . In this construct, the term “ways” is defined as:

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How the available means are used to attain the desired ends.

36
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Ends (short)

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OBJ- What you want

37
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Ways (Short)

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How?

38
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Means (short)

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Resources- With what?

39
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Risk (short)

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What would prevent you from completing your end state?

40
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Which instrument of national power is the principal instrument for engaging other states and foreign groups in order to advance U.S. values, interests, or to solicit foreign support for U.S. military operations?

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Diplomatic

41
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Strategies entail the fundamental logic of ends, ways, and means to produce a specific outcome. In this construct, the term “means” is defined as:

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Resources that are required to accomplish a sequence of actions

41
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Which of the following questions best defines the concept of suitability?

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Will the strategy attain the desired ends and not work against other national-level goals?

43
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Within the definition of strategy as the integration of ends, ways, and means while accounting for risk to meet a desired end state, the term “risk” means:

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The additional threats, costs, undesired consequences caused by the strategy’s implementation

44
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Using national strategies as a guide, combatant commanders develop plans that outline their vision for integrating and synchronizing military activities and operations with the other instruments of national power. Which selection describes this category of plans?

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Combatant Command Campaign Plan

45
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Which branch of the US Government does the U.S. Constitution empower to declare war?

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The Congress

46
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The primary benefit of developing the Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information, and Infrastructure (PMESII) framework is:

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Understanding PMESII systems and how they interact with each other over time

47
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What are the three key national security policy advisory councils to the President of the United States?

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The National Security Council (NSC), the Homeland Security Council (HSC), and the National Economic Council (NEC)

48
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What instrument of national power uses actions, words, or images to advance national interests by engaging key audiences?

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Informational

49
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Which official did the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, make the statutory principal military advisor to the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council.

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The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

50
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What does JP 3-0 describe to help commanders and staffs gain a systems perspective and develop an understanding of the operational environment?

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Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information, and Infrastructure

51
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PMESII systems perspective in JP 2-01.3:

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The PMESII systems analysis develops a thorough understanding of relevant actors and relationships that is vital to mission success.

52
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Which document does the President approve that defines the responsibilities and areas of responsibility for combatant commanders?

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Unified Command Plan

53
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The Joint Strategic Planning System (JSPS) is the primary system the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff uses to execute statutory responsibilities to conduct assessments, provide military advice to the President and SecDef, and assist the President and SecDef in providing strategic direction to the Armed Forces of the United States. Which of the following is a JSPS product?

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The Joint Strategic Campaign Plan

54
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What are the three types of National Interest?

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  1. Vital
  2. Important
  3. Peripheral
55
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Explain Vital National Interest

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for

56
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Explain Vital National Interest

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Willing to die for?

Ex: Security of home territory, safety of citizens home and abroad, economic prosperity, preservation of national way of life

57
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Explain Important National Interest

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Willing to fight for

Ex: Freedom of access to global commons, regional stability, secure alliances, or the promotion of the state’s values

58
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Explain Peripheral National Interest

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Willing to fund

Ex: deploy peaceckeeper, balance trade deficits

59
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How do the roles and responsibilities differ between the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)?

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SECDEF: More directive.

  • In Chain of Command
  • Responsible for NDS

CJCS: More Advisory

  • Not in Chain of Command
  • Responsible for NMS
  • Responsible for JSCP- how he tells CCDRs to go about their business
  • Directs Joint Staff- Force Allocation, Joint Doctrine, Joint Plans Review
  • Responsible for Global Integration
60
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Congress Authority and Roles

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•Congress – Article I (U.S. Constitution)–Authorizes and appropriates funding–Makes rules for governance; e.g.: •National Security Act of 1947, as amended•Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.) – Armed Forces (enacted into positive law in 1956)•Title 50, U.S.C. – War and National Defense•Goldwater-Nichols Reorganization Act of 1986•Annual National Defense Authorization Acts and Annual Defense Appropriations Acts–Provides advice and consent on principal appointees (Military and Civilian) and Military officer promotions–Declares war

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President Authority and Roles

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President – Article II (U.S. Constitution)

Shall be the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States

Exercises authority over the military by:

Selecting Presidential appointees and senior officers, and approving military promotions

Managing the federal budget process

Formulating/implementing national security policy

Personally engaging in matters of high importance

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SECDEF Authority and Roles

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Secretary of Defense – Title 10 (U.S. Code)

Principal Advisor to the President on Defense matters

“The Secretary of Defense is the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense.”

Cabinet member as the head of an executive department

“The Department of Defense is an executive department of the United States.”

Leader and “CEO” of the Department

“There is a Secretary of Defense, who is the head of the Department of Defense … [who] has authority, direction, and control over the Department of Defense.”

Deputy to the Commander in Chief

“… the chain of command to a combatant command runs (1) from the President to the Secretary of Defense and (2) from the Secretary of Defense to the commander of the combatant command.”

63
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Command Relationships

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64
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Chain of Command

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65
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What are the major documents that inform the Combatant Commander and their staff?

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66
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How does Contingency planning relate to Campaign planning?

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67
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National Security Strategy (NSS):

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Describes the President’s strategic vision for the nation. The NSS highlights the vital interests and grand strategic approach, which the Joint Force uses to frame its military strategy to support broader government efforts.

68
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National Defense Strategy (NDS):

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Describes the SecDef’s vision for the DoD, establishes priorities, and articulates how the DoD contributes to vital national interests directed in the NSS.

69
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National Military Strategy (NMS):

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Serves as the Chairman’s central strategic and planning document; provides strategic direction to the Joint Force regarding plans, force employment, posture, and future force development.

70
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Unified Command Plan (UCP):

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Provides basic guidance from the President to the CCDRs, establishes broad missions and responsibilities, delineates physical boundaries, and specifies CCDR responsibilities.

71
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Contingency Planning Guidance (CPG):

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Describes the President’s guidance to focus contingency planning efforts across the DoD.

72
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Joint Strategic Campaign Plan (JSCP):

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Implements the CPG; Operationalizes the NMS; Chairman’s primary document to guide and direct the preparation and integration of Joint Force campaign and contingency plans. The JSCP directs three types of campaign plans: Global Campaign Plans (GCP), Functional Campaign Plans (FCP), and Combatant Command Campaign Plans (CCP).Global Campaign Plan (GCP): Addresses the most pressing transregional and multi-functional strategic challenges across all do

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Global Campaign Plan (GCP):

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Addresses the most pressing transregional and multi-functional strategic challenges across all domains. GCPs are global in scope and focus on integrating activities oriented against specific problems. Designed to achieve unity of effort for day-to-day activities within and between the CCMDs, Services, NGB, and the Joint Staff.

74
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CCMD & Functional Campaign Plans (CCP/FCP):

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FCPs are plans that deal primarily with a function, activity, service or global requirement. CCPs are the primary plans through which the CCMDs execute day-to-day campaigning.

75
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CCMD Contingency Plans & Integrated Contingency Plans (ICP):

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Contingency plans are branches of GCPs, FCPs, or RCPs that are planned for designated threats, catastrophic events, and contingent missions. ICPs coordinates the activities of multiple CCMDs.

76
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Global Force Management Implementation Guidance (GFMIG):

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Provides guidance from the SecDef for the GFM processes of directed readiness, assignment, allocation, apportionment, and assessment.

77
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Global Force Management Allocation Plan (GFMAP):

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Provides Chairman’s military advice on the annual deployment order for the Joint Force. Approved by SecDef.

78
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US National Interests Image

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79
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Realism vs Liberalism

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